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An email scam that bypasses Gmail's spam filters and security checks is putting billions of people at risk of online fraud, according to security experts

The new attack, first spotted by Nick Johnson, a lead developer of the Ethereum Name Service, uses a cunning tactic to make it appear as if it's been sent from a legitimate Google account. It may sound unbelievable, but the scam looked genuine because the email addresses and domain names appeared to be actual Google accounts, reports the Mirror. "We're aware of this class of targeted attack from the threat actor, Rockfoils, and have been rolling out protections for the past week," a spokesperson from Google shared with Newsweek.

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